History Awesome / NinjaGaiden

!!VideoGame/NinjaGaiden UsefulNotes/{{NES}}

* On a meta level, somebody did the impossible in December 2020. [[https://www.twitch.tv/slackanater Slackanater, a Twitch Streamer,]] '''''BEAT NINJA GAIDEN WITHOUT TAKING A SINGLE HIT OF DAMAGE.''''' For an idea of how ridiculous this is, this is the first and only time in 30 years (since the game released) that this ever happened, and involved killing the head of one of the final bosses by button mashing at insane speed to prevent himself from taking damage from an attack that had universally been agreed upon to be impossible to avoid. [=YouTuber=] Karl Jobst goes into detail [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R12g8HbeHtc here.]]

* On a meta level, somebody did the impossible in December 2020. [[https://www.twitch.tv/slackanater Slackanater, a Twitch Streamer,]] '''''BEAT NINJA GAIDEN WITHOUT TAKING A SINGLE HIT OF DAMAGE.''''' For an idea of how ridiculous this is, this is the first and only time in 30 years (since the game released) that this ever happened, and involved killing the head of one of the final bosses by button mashing at insane speed to prevent himself from taking damage from an attack that had universally been agreed upon to be impossible to avoid. YouTuber Karl Jobst goes into detail [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R12g8HbeHtc here.]]

* In Chapter 11 shortly before fighting Genshin [[spoiler: for the second to last time]], a certain someone shows up in a cutscene, face obscured and slicing Spider Clan ninja to pieces in one quick movement, and then proceeds to hand you two rice balls. [[spoiler: It's Muramasa.]]

* In the third game, Theodore [[spoiler:appearing out of fucking nowhere, apparently not dead despite seemingly being killed by Ryu, and killing Cliff after he goes OneWingedAngel. '''"It's time you gave me back my daughter."''']]

* On a meta level, somebody did the impossible in December 2020. [[https://www.twitch.tv/slackanater Slackanater, a Twitch Streamer,]] '''''BEAT NINJA GAIDEN WITHOUT TAKING A SINGLE HIT OF DAMAGE.''''' For an idea of how ridiculous this is, this is the first and only time in 30 years (since the game released) that this ever happened, and involved killing the head of one of the final bosses by button mashing at insane speed to prevent himself from taking damage from an attack that had universally been agreed upon to be impossible to avoid.

* In the second game, when New York  City is under attack, Ryu is seen atop a skyscraper. He pulls of his trusty bow, ''shoots a fiend in the throat'', jumps onto it, and '''''rides it down to street level.''''' Don't ask why he needed to climb a skyscaper just to jump back down, it looks awesome and that's all that counts.

* The opening cutscene, featuring the dramatic SingleStrokeBattle between Ryu's father and an unknown enemy, followed by Ryu reading his father's mysterious will. This, more than anything else, sets the tone for the entire series.

* The complete and thorough destruction of the Tower of Lahja at the game's climax, as it falls apart piece by piece. The visuals used to achieve this are simple, but [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome no less impressive]].

* The complete and thorough destruction of the Tower of Lahja at the game's climax, as it falls apart piece by piece. The visuals used to achieve this are simple, but [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome no less impressive]].

* Again, the opening cutscene takes center stage, firmly establishing Ashtar's MagnificentBastard credentials. Later events in the game would do nothing to dissuade anybody watching this scene from believing that Ashtar was one of the great villains of the NES era.

!!Ninja Gaiden XBox

!!VideoGame/NinjaGaiden {{NES}}

!!NinjaGaiden {{NES}}

!! NinjaGaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos

!!NinjaGaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom

* In the second game, when New York  City is under attack, Ryu is seen atop a skyscraper. He pulls of his trusty bow, ''shoots a fiend in the throat'', jumps onto it, and '''''rides it down to street level.'''''

* In the second game, when New York  City is under attack, Ryu is seen atop a skyscraper. He pulls of his trusty bow, ''shoots a fiend in the throat'', and '''''rides it down to street level.'''''